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Re: Spider Webs on plants

Unless they are red spider mites, in which case they will be tiny, tiny
little pinheads crawling around on the web and red.

Gerry

At 08:36 PM 10/29/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Kathy,
>
>I have two words:  SPIDER MITES!  Arghh!  Sounds like that's what you maybe
>up against.  I hade them a few months ago.  They do these little
>spider-webby thing, and they will kill your plants.  Moisture is the best
>way to kill them.  I was advised to actually soak the whole pot in the tub
>all day.  I did, then drained.  You could also then flush the mite water
>down the drain, but I didn't need to.
>
>Anyway, are you seeing little white bugs?  That's what spider mites look
>like.  Good luck,
>
>Molly in Iowa (Zone 4)
>
>
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